diff --git a/ironic/drivers/modules/ipminative.py b/ironic/drivers/modules/ipminative.py
index c7739b137e..c629b39766 100644
--- a/ironic/drivers/modules/ipminative.py
+++ b/ironic/drivers/modules/ipminative.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ CONSOLE_PROPERTIES = {
 
 _BOOT_DEVICES_MAP = {
     boot_devices.DISK: 'hd',
-    boot_devices.PXE: 'net',
+    boot_devices.PXE: 'network',
     boot_devices.CDROM: 'cdrom',
     boot_devices.BIOS: 'setup',
 }
diff --git a/ironic/tests/drivers/test_ipminative.py b/ironic/tests/drivers/test_ipminative.py
index d11f127e93..df1b856cfe 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/drivers/test_ipminative.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/drivers/test_ipminative.py
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ class IPMINativeDriverTestCase(db_base.DbTestCase):
         with task_manager.acquire(self.context,
                                   self.node.uuid) as task:
             self.driver.management.set_boot_device(task, boot_devices.PXE)
-        # PXE is converted to 'net' internally by ipminative
-        ipmicmd.set_bootdev.assert_called_once_with('net', persist=False)
+        # PXE is converted to 'network' internally by ipminative
+        ipmicmd.set_bootdev.assert_called_once_with('network', persist=False)
 
     def test_set_boot_device_bad_device(self):
         with task_manager.acquire(self.context, self.node.uuid) as task: